Asia Cup 2022 - India vs Hong Kong: Best fantasy teams, possible playing XIs, full squads and more

31.08.2022 - 11:35 timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Asia Cup. The Men in Blue will play Hong Kong this evening in Dubai, who beat the UAE to qualify for the tournament. Overall India and Hong Kong have played two matches at the Asia Cup and both were played in the 50 over format.

In June 2008, India thrashed Hong Kong by a record 256 runs in Karachi. This remains the largest margin of victory in terms of runs by any team at the Asia Cup.

Then in 2018, Hong Kong pushed India hard, eventually falling short of the target by less than 30 runs. India won that match in Dubai by 26 runs.

India are the defending champions, having beaten Bangladesh in the last edition's final in 2018 by 3 wickets. In T20I cricket, the two teams will be playing each other for the first time.

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Afghanistan have both been knocked out of the Asia Cup. The two teams though still have one match left to play against each other. It is a dead rubber but the fans will be hoping to see some exciting cricket on the field. The two teams might be separated by as many as 9 ranking places in the ICC T20I team rankings (India at No.1 and Afghanistan at No. 10), but the Afghans have shown in this edition of the Asia Cup that they have evolved as a very potent T20I team. If you are a fantasy cricket player you would be wondering who to pick in your team for tonight's match. Here are suggestions for a fantasy 11, along with possible playing 11s for tonight's match in Dubai, weather conditions, Head to Head and more:Fantasy playing XI: Possible combination -Top order batters: Rohit Sharma (c), Ibrahim Zadran, Virat Kohli Middle order batters: Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik Wicket-keeper: Rahmanullah Gurbaz All-rounders: Hardik Pandya & Mohammad Nabi Pacers: Fazalhaq Farooqui, Fareed Ahmad Spinners: Rashid Khan (vc)

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Asia Cup 2022, India vs Afghanistan: How constant shuffling of players has hurt Team India

Poor Asia Cup show could signal end to India's trial-and-error approach leading up to the Twenty20 World CupDUBAI: Four years ago, when he stood in for regular captain Virat Kohli in the 50-over Asia Cup here in the UAE, Rohit Sharma had claimed that the constant chopping and changing in the middle order was not going to help India's cause in the lead-up to the 2019 World Cup. It's ironic that now, when he is the regular all-format captain and the T20 World Cup is just under two months away, the team management seems reluctant to settle down on a combination. The constant shuffling of players has hurt India, especially in this Asia Cup. 'Rotation', 'rest' and 'resource pool' have been the buzzwords in this Indian team over the last eight months. One may argue India lost Ravindra Jadeja to injury and were missing Jasprit Bumrah in the game against Sri Lanka on Tuesday night. The fact remains, however, that the team has played musical chairs with the middle order and the bowling attack.

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Sri Lanka's first blow when he deceived KL Rahul, yorking the opener in front of the stumps in the second over of the match. Theekshana's unconventional brand of off-spin is the talk of the town. Interestingly, had it not been for a hamstring injury, he would have been a fast bowler.

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Sri Lanka here on Tuesday but captain Rohit Sharma said there are no long-term worries as they were experimenting with three seamers in view of the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia. Rohit said the back-to-back losses in the Asia Cup -- the first against arch-rivals Pakistan on Sunday -- will teach the team how to find answers before the ICC event in October-November. "I was happy with three seamers. Unfortunately Avesh hasn't turned up well in the fitness tests. He didn't respond well because he was quite sick. Ideally the combination we would play is four seamers, but three seamers was something we wanted to try before the World Cup," Rohit said at the post-match presentation.